Oak Cottage, Bay Tree Cottage and April Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1985. Cottage.

Oak Cottage, Bay Tree Cottage and April Cottage

WRENN ID
endless-joist-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 January 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Oak Cottage, Bay Tree Cottage and April Cottage, Village Street, Northchapel, Chichester
OS grid reference
SU 951 296
Coordinates
51.05825, -0.64305
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Oak Cottage, Bay Tree Cottage, and April Cottage is a building that has been converted into three cottages. It dates from the 18th century or earlier and is two storeys high with six windows. The structure is primarily made of red brick, with Holly Cottage at the north end being either added or refaced in stone rubble, featuring red brick dressings and quoins. It has an eaves cornice and a hipped tiled roof. The windows are casement style, and there are two modern bays on the ground floor.

Local climate

Oak Cottage, Bay Tree Cottage and April Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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